Welcome to the European Consortium for Emergency Contraception (ECEC)
Founded in 2012, ECEC works to expand knowledge about and access to Emergency Contraception (EC) in Europe, and promotes the standardization of EC service delivery to ensure equitable access across the region. Since 2020, ECEC also works globally to advance access to EC.
EC is the only contraceptive method that can be used after sex, and it provides women with an additional opportunity to prevent a pregnancy.
Through this website, we hope to contribute to generating and sharing knowledge of EC in Europe and globally. Your contributions are essential to helping us achieve this goal, and we encourage you to share EC information about your country by writing to us at ecec [at] eeirh [dot] org.
Go directly to country-by-country information on EC access
Go directly to the online EC counseling tool (The EC wheel)
Latest News
Germany: Price of EC pills
January 2026. A new nationwide German study examined the pricing of emergency contraceptive (EC) pills in community pharmacies. Using a mystery caller methodology, 392 randomly selected pharmacies were asked about EC availability and prices. The study found substantial price variation, particularly for ulipristal acetate (UPA). Prices for UPA ranged from €17.00 to €43.71, while levonorgestrel…
European Union: Advancing sexual and reproductive healthcare for survivors
January 2026 — In December 2025, European Union (EU) institutions reached a political agreement on a revised Victims’ Rights Directive confirming that survivors of sexual violence have the right to access sexual and reproductive healthcare, including emergency contraception, abortion care, and STI testing, where permitted under national law. This agreement marks the first time EU…
Russia: Restrictions to online EC information and care.
January 2026. According to the independent outlet Meduza, “since September 2025, Russia’s federal censorship agency, Roskomnadzor, has blocked websites accused of “promoting refusal of childbirth””, including pages that provided information on and access to emergency contraception (EC) pills. The Emergency Contraception Storage Fund, a grassroots initiative to secure access to EC pills, was forced to…